Goodreads Reviewers' Group discussion

The last thread got a little busy, but you can view it here.

Even if you've already introduced yourself in a previous thread, feel free to post again here.

Welcome to Goodreads Reviewers' Group! Whether you're an Author or a reader, I hope you find this group useful and make some new friends along the way.

Use this thread to introduce yourself to the other group members.

This is a place to introduce yourself, let everyone know a little bit about you.

Hi folks, I'm new to good reads.

I am Segilola Salami, first time author of Yetunde: The Life and Times of a Yoruba Girl in London http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yetunde-Life-...

I would like to connect with other authors and readers, so please say hello

Hi! Nice to meet you!

Hi! Nice to meet you!

Dr. wrote: "Hi! Nice to meet you!"

Hello Dr Ethan :)

Hey everyone!

My name is Kyarra Keele. I'm an author and avid reader! I would love to connect with other authors on here! I'm open to practically any genre, but I'm most interested in memoirs, historical fiction, or inspirational/motivational nonfiction books. I'm extremely active on Goodreads, so feel free to say hey, ask questions, or discuss interesting books with me!If you want me to check out your page, you can reply to this!

I hope you have a beautiful day!

Hi Kyarra. Welcome!

Hi! I'm Angelina, a true book addict, and I read so many genres, but my favorite genres are NA, Romantic Suspense, Mafia novels, MMA fighter. I've discovered so many fantastic authors via Goodreads and have also contacted a few of my favorite authors ;-). So if I know that an author is giving out reviews, I'll place the link in the correct thread in this group in casy anyone is interested. I love chatting books and read daily so feel free to befriend me!

Hi! I'm Paulien, I'm from Belgium, I love reading but I love reviewing more. I'm studying to be a kindergarten teacher and I love historical and contemporary romance and new adult.

Hi fellow Goodreaders

I have two strings to my bow:

1) Jewish author of a few God-based holistic health and happiness books (the next one out is 'Talk to God and Fix your Health'

2) Blog book reviewer of all 'clean' Jewish-related non-fiction, plus holistic health books, particularly energy medicine with a scientific bent.

If either of those sound remotely interesting to you, it would be great to befriend.

cheers

Rivka

Kyarra wrote: "Hey everyone!

My name is Kyarra Keele. I'm an author and avid reader! I would love to connect with other authors on here! I'm open to practically any genre, but I'm most interested in memoirs, hi..."

happy to connect if you are, think we have a lot of reading overlap on the holistic health side

Rivka wrote: "Kyarra wrote: "Hey everyone!

My name is Kyarra Keele. I'm an author and avid reader! I would love to connect with other authors on here! I'm open to practically any genre, but I'm most interested..."

Hi Rivka(: I just checked out your page! I believe you're right about a bit of overlap. I sent you a friend request!

Hi, I'm Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt. I'm new to Goodreads, though I've had an account for a while.

I'm a very slow writer, and just published my first novel, Pride's Children: Purgatory, on Amazon. I'm laying out the POD, will later tackle the audiobook (I love 'read by author' books), and can't wait to get back to writing because the first book is only part of the story.

Pride's Children is a mainstream contemporary story, but mainstream seems to have disappeared as a category unless you want to call it 'General Fiction,' which is so unspecific as to be almost useless. It's subtitled 'A novel of obsession, betrayal, and love.' It is PG-13 - most adolescents could read it without getting into anything too graphic, but the themes are for grownups.

I'm looking forward to finding like-minded readers and writers on Goodreads.

And reviewers!

Alicia

Hi group,

I really enjoy writing reviews, mostly of non-fiction books, and finding new books through the reviews of others (which is, I suppose, the main point of Goodreads, so the system works).

Thanks,

Dave

Hello!

Thanks for having me in this group! I'm a new author. My first book, Hot Shade, is a romantic suspense. It was released Sept. 30 by Boroughs Publishing Group. I'd love to connect with other romance authors, reviewers and readers!

Take care,
Tamara Lush

Hello all,

I am a new author and am excited to be in this wonderful group. My book F.I.G.H.T. - Family Inspires Great Hope Together: How We Fight was published on November 3rd by Electio Publishing. It is a memoir that takes us through the cancer journey that ultimately took my daughters life at 15 years of age. Looking forward to meeting readers and reviewers!

All the best,

Joe

Hi everyone, I hope this is where I leave a comment. I'm an author, I published my first book last week and I'm only just trying to figure out this goodreads thing. So far I like it. SO FAR... Social media is NOT my thing so be gentle if I post some place I'm not supposed to.

Deceitfully Yours

Hello everyone~

I am a new author. I wrote my first novel last year, made it "pretty" for another year, and have hired a great editor to polish it for me further… I will be looking for honest reviews in late February. It is a thriller. I plan to self publish on Amazon in April… many thanks to Goodreads for the resources and encouragements to be found here! It is difficult to connect with authors and reviewers without this type of resource.

Bradley Ernst

Hi everyone,
I'm new to Goodreads and trying to get acclimated. I am the author of a faith based book called Dreamer. It his military fiction about a character suffering terrible dreams that he thinks is PTSD but really are messages from God. When his wife gets kidnapped he understands why the messages were sent. Would appreciate any reading support. It's available on Amazon. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Hi everyone,

Morgan Wade here, a fiction writer living in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. My short stories and poems have been published in Canadian literary journals and anthologies, including, The New Quarterly and The Nashwaak Review. My debut novel, The Last Stoic was long listed for the ReLit Award for Fiction.

I've just released my second novel, Bottle and Glass.

Bottle and Glass is a story of survival and escape told from the barstools of two dozen boisterous Kingston taverns at the close of the War of 1812.

Helen Humphreys, award‐winning novelist and poet laureate of Kingston, Ontario, had this to say:

"Bottle and Glass is a highly original adventure story, set during the war of 1812, and framed using real taverns that once existed within the city of Kingston, Ontario. A fascinating study of escape, and a powerful history of 19th century frontier life; Bottle and Glass is a stunning achievement."

I'd love for anyone who is interested to review Bottle and Glass. I'm currently running a giveaway, ending Nov. 23rd:

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

I'd be happy to send a PDF version to anyone interested in writing a review.

Reunion with the Colonel

Hi everyone!

My name's Alicia Hooper and I'm an indie author based in Virginia. I'm new to Goodreads and excited to be involved with the community here.

My debut novella, called Reunion with with the Colonel, is a fictional political thriller set in Gaddafi's Libya. It is the first in a trilogy. Current events inspired me to write it; I was especially interested in writing about a seldom explored historical narrative.

I published my book last February, but had a hard time publicizing it to readers because I was working abroad at the time (internet is hard to come by in developing countries). Now I'm working to get my book out to readers, especially now that Benghazi is a household name. :)

I'd love to connect with other readers, reviewers, and fellow authors!

Hello everyone. I am the author of the Detour Paris Series - three books: Detour Paris, Detour Allure and Detour Amour. Detour Paris has several reviews on Goodreads already posted, Detour Allure has around 12 or so review being posted and Detour Amour should have a dozen or so posted over the next month or so.

Reviews for these books have been good and I would like to offer to review books of new authors writing in similar genres - romantic thrillers, thrillers, suspense, even erotica thriller and/or suspense.

Contact me with requests but please read some of the reviews of my books first as I would prefer to read and review books of a similar nature, at least for the time being.

I am an avid reader of virtually all genres and have been for decades. I have a post graduate education and have spent my career in media and communications and creative critique.

As I would expect only honest reviews of my work that's exactly what I will promise to provide along with constructive criticism.

One of the things that I found a bit irksome from a few of the reviewers of my work was that even though the books clearly disclosed "adult only" upfront, some reviewers actually complained about explicit scenes of sex or violence.

Frankly my feeling was that they shouldn't have been reading the books in the first place much less written a literary review. If a reviewer is biased against a book's content going in they have no more business writing a literary review on that content than an atheist has writing a literary review on the content of the Bible.

But what I found even more interesting was that some of these same reviewers made the same complaint with books two and three of the series which leads me to suppose that one can be "put off" yet still "turned on."

Jack Dancer

Hi, I'm Sandra and i'm a reader, reviewer and blogger. I read mostly crime and chick-lit but also sci-i fi, fantasy and general fiction. I am booked up for reviews till the end of the year but am quite happy to consider books for review next year. I post reviews on Goodreads, my blog, Amazon UK and can post on Amazon US if requested.

Hi I'm Olivia from Barbados. I'm a writer, poet and garden enthusiast :). Good to meet you all!

Hi! I'm Karen Jensen Salisbury, writer of two books, Why God Why?: What To Do When Life Doesn't Make Sense and How to Make the Right Decision Every Time: 10 Keys for Finding God's Direction. I'm also an avid reader/reviewer of mostly Christian non-fiction especially current books by female authors.

Shipmates,

Hello. I'm Malcolm Torres, author of sea stories, dealing with life on battleships and adventures in ports of call around the world. Don't stop reading yet (lol) my writing is highly accessible all adult readers. It's not full of Navy jargon and not dealing with wooden ships or pirates. My stories and novels take place between the 1980s and the near future. My stories and novels feature strong female sailors, scandals among the crew, travel adventures in exotic locations, crime stories, fights, brave sailors facing disasters on the high seas, smuggling, corrupt officers, phantom sailors, plane crashes and love stories. I'm interested in connecting with readers who like sea stories and getting to know fellow authors. My short story, SIXTY-FOUR DAYS, is free on all the eBook sites. It has 150 positive reviews across the various sites. It is the #1 most downloaded Sea Adventure on Smashwords and has been in the top-10 on the Amazon Short Mystery-Thriller-Suspense list for the past 6 months. If you'd like to read this story, you can grab a free copy here with no strings attached:

> www.malcolmtorres.com/free.html

Smooth Sailing,
Malcolm Torres

I am Roy from Mumbai, India. I review books over at http://www.thepageturners.in Hope you like them!

Hi, I'm Julie, first time author of The Compounders Series and avid reader of various genres. Looking forward to getting to know you all!

I started reviewing on Amazon back in 1999,,,,my reviewer ranking was once in the top 1000, but has since dropped (it really took a hit when Amazon changed the ranking rules) so that I'm about leave the top 10,000.

I've considered staring to review here instead. Amazon reviewers have mostly gone to products because they are getting so much free stuff.

Has anyone here gone back to Amazon and cut and pasted old reviews and brought them here?

Should I just start reviewing here and not worry about the ranking on Amazon...

Questions...

Thoughts?

Hi, I'm Raven Hudgins and I'm new to this group :). I'm also a new author with my debut novel, Death Callers, which just came out a month and a half ago :). I love to read pretty much anything I can get my hands on. I review when I can.

Greetings!

My name is Nathaniel Stewart, and I'm new to this group. I'm a pretty outdoorsy-type guy, but I love reading and I am also an independent author. I'm hoping to connect with some people as well as checking out and reviewing some awesome stuff!

***Bizarro Book Give Away (5 signed copies)***

Goodreads is facilitating a book give-away for THE BOHEMIAN GUIDE TO MONOGAMY (Bizarro Pulp Press, Nov 2015), a winsomely strange collection of short fiction that that explores the pain and pleasure of love and commitment, of family and monogamy. When holding the book horizontally, it will literally make love to your fingertips.

It's sort of a left-handed endorsement of conventional family life as well as an outlandish farewell to young adulthood, to that brief period of nearly unlimited freedom. The various stories feature a motley cast of characters including a corrupted Superman, a murderous midget, a talking sperm cell, and a very pissed-off Samuel Jackson (Pulp Fiction era, of course).

WARNING: this book contains strong language, strong writing, and lots of adult content (although all of the sex scenes have been certified as carbon neutral).

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- Chris Kelso, author of The Black Dog Eats the City

This offer ends on 07 December 2015. Here’s the link to register for one of five signed copies (feel free to share):

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

Hello -- I'm Mona and have been on Goodreads since 2010. I love reading/reviewing a variety of genres but my favorite is suspense/thrillers.

Hi Everyone!

I love mystery novels (especially historical mysteries), and I'm excited to get more involved with this community.

J. Aaron Sanders

Hi everyone,

I'm new to the group and have been an author for several years now although I've been a reader for as long as I can remember. I fell head over heels in love with books when I was a very young kid and my tv went kaboom after being hit by lightning. My mum couldn't afford to replace it and my uncle took me to get a library card in consolation. Several years later we'd not bothered to replace it and I still prefer books.

I've also almost managed to read 100 books so far this year for the first year ever. Looking forward to finding good books here and meeting other authors and readers.

Hello all, I'm Dan and I live in the Midwest of the USA. I read primarily sci-fi and epic fantasy. I'm a Kindle-owner and that's how I do most of my reading these days.

I'm also an author of SF/F; Harper Voyager will publish my debut novel in January 2016. Good to meet all of you!

Hello all,
I'm Ian, from London, UK.
My historical fiction novel 'Knight' has been available in print for a little while, but is now also available as an ebook on Amazon(KDP) - 'www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01920VY1C'.
A little bit of background about the book (and me) can be found at 'www.knightthebook.com'.
I'm currently working on the next book, a young adult fantasy; first draft by the end of the year - fingers crossed :-)
Nice to be part of the group.
Best wishes,
Ian_A

Hello All,

I'm Kristal McKerrington from Scotland. I'm 26 years old and I'm an author. Please talk to me and ask all questions you can think of.

I know this might be opening myself up to some strange questions but I don't mind.

Kristal

Hi everyone, my name is Isaac. I'm new to writing, but I'm old to reading. Really into horror/thriller type stories. And sci-fi.

I have a novelette on kindle. http://amzn.com/B014PU7T0Y

Currently working on a full-length novel while here in Russia. Every day. Looking primarily for people that give honest feedback and reviews in exchange for free copies of stuff.

Hello everybody, my name is Adrian. I'm a professional accountant and consultant. My writings most focus on business topic, especially investing topic. I'd like to help people to become a successful investor.

I just wrote a new book about investing and need some reviews. Since there is no permanant free ebooks available in Amazon Kindle, the price is just 0.99. If you are interested in the topic, you may visit the following site to download the book:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B018TMIR46/

Hi All -

I'm K.L. Romo (Kirsche is my first name) and just joined the group. I am an avid reader, and I write fiction, and articles about raising kids. I have five kids and 15 grandkids, and live in Duncanville, Texas. I am a member of Writers' League of Texas, and post book reviews for them, and also write reviews for Advance Reader Copies received from publishers (and reviews for other books read as well).

Nice to be a member, and hope everyone has Happy Holidays!!

Hi Everyone,

My name is Todd Franzen. I am new to the group and I wrote and just published a memoir about my experience battling cancer and the practical steps I have taken to rebuild myself. This has been a hugely rewarding experience and learned so much from the process. Enjoy.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B018ZSLP5C

Hello,
I’m Bradford G. Wheler or just Brad but I find if you don’t use the exact name Goodreads often can’t find you.

My 9th book MONGOLIA AND THE GOLDEN EAGLE An Archaeological Mystery Thriller publishes on 2/1/16.

In addition to my novels I’ve published a series of themed art quotation books. The latest is LOVE SAYINGS wit & wisdom of romance, courtship, & marriage. It feature artwork by 48 artists from 14 countries.

For bloggers and reviews I’m happy to provide free ebooks, do Q&A, interviews or set up special book giveaways (in addition to the giveaway currently on Goodreads) for these two books.

Here is a little more info on these two books.

Thank you, Brad

MONGOLIA AND THE GOLDEN EAGLE An Archaeological Mystery Thriller

Why is Cornell archaeology professor Robert Johnson, a pre-Columbian scholar, selected to head up a multimillion-dollar project in Mongolia? Why is this so important to high-tech billionaire Walter Falone? Why is he using consultants from Israel Aerospace Industries for his government contract in Mongolia?

For Johnson and his colleague, brilliant and beautiful assistant professor Abbey Summers, it becomes the adventure of a lifetime in MONGOLIA AND THE GOLDEN EAGLE, a new mystery thriller from author Bradford G. Wheler.

Cyber security threats, high-tech spying, and Chinese agents mix in this ingenious and thrilling plot of full of twists and turns. Somewhere in spectacular snowcapped Altai Mountains of western Mongolia there is a mysterious object that people are willing to kill for.

Readers will meet fascinating characters they’ll never forget: a high-tech billionaire, a quick-witted professor, his beautiful young assistant, a former sumo wrestler, a full-blooded Navajo Indian, and the people of Mongolia.

This assiduously researched, fast-paced novel brings archaeology and cyber espionage to life against the backdrop of the wild and rugged landscape of Mongolia, the land of Genghis Khan.

Along with riveting action, MONGOLIA AND THE GOLDEN EAGLE contains 27 illustrations and photos. Wheler draws on his own expertise in engineering, technology, and business to help readers feel that they are living the adventure.

LOVE SAYINGS: wit & wisdom of romance, courtship, and marriage.

This art-themed quotation book covers topics including Love Through the Ages, Women, Men, Dating, Sex, Children, and more. This collaborative publication has two goals in mind: first, to honor and highlight the power and humor of love through text and artwork, and second, to showcase the talents of new and emerging artists.

Hello everyone,
My name is Chika Efobi, and I am the author of Twisted in a Positive Way, an inspiring coming-of-age novel which is free on Kindle Unlimited and can be downloaded by clicking the links here: US http://amzn.to/1O7dDU6 and UK http://amzn.to/1LYYXoP. Looking forward to connecting with to like minded people on here.

Hello there. Thank you for letting me join this group. I am a writer of fiction/historical background. I've grown up during post-IIWW in Germany, now living and writing in the U.K. My first novel Hexeand Malin and the Wolf Children both are about children growing up during political turmoil, dealing with racism, death, war, frienship and love. Trying to find different ways to heal fractured souls. I'd like to connect with more experienced writers to exchange thoughts. I am always grateful for reviews on amazon.com.

Good afternoon. My name is Storm Weaver. I have a couple of published novels and some short stories, but I've been working on a collaborative project and my co-author and I have finally finished the first draft in a new Erotic Urban Fantasy universe. We're still in process, but eventually, we're hoping to connect with folks interested in BETA-reading and ARC reviews.

Hi, my name is Nix Whittaker. I've got a few books out. My first is Hero is a man. It is a dystopian clean romance novel.

Nice to meet you too, Oksana

Hello!

I'm a children's author of a fantasy series with a small press out of Seattle. They just soft-launched the 4th book in the series and are looking for reviews for January. I'll post details on another thread!

I'm always reading something, and I used to write a lot more reviews. I generally put a star rating if I can give it 3 stars or more, and if I really love something, I try to say more. :-)

Hi! My name is Hannah and I am a reviewer!
I love to read!
This is my blog: Ninjas Read Too | Ninjas have to relax too!
https://ninjasreadtoo.wordpress.com/